Moisture-proof construction.



W. R. CLAYTON. MOISTURE PROOF CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED 13110.6, 1912.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

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Application ileulloocmher 8, 191a Serial l lo. 7%,3151.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM ll. Cm YlON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Barberton, in the county of Summit and State Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Moisture- Prooif Constructions, of which the following 1s a specification.

This invention relates to buildingconstructions in general and has for its primary object the )roduction of a construction the walls of w ioh shall be moistureproof so that the interior of the construction may be kept absolutely dry.

In many constructions such as mausoleum's, storage collars, and the like, it is desirable that moisture be prevented from enteringthrough the walls which are usually made of concrete, cement, stone, or vitreous building blocks, all of which are more orless porous and are incapable of exclud- My present invention contemplates a structure, the walls of which are provided with sheets of impervious mate rial, adapted to preclude the passage of moisture therethrough.

One embodiment of my invention and many of the attendantudvautages thereof Will be readily understood from the follow ing" description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings throughout the various views of which like reference characters indicate similnr parts.

Referring to the drawings-Figure 1 is a fragmentary section of a building construction embodying my iuveutiom Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view through a corner of one of the walls of the construction; and llipp 3 is a face view of a fragment of a wall ehowimg'oue method of hlosing' the joints between the sheets of impervious material.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings 1 have illus" trated a section of a mausoleum comprising the foundation 5, thc'side walls 6, the root? 7 and the top 8. These walls and rool? may and usually are construcloifl' of concrete blocks or poured concrete and Within the construction is formed a plurality of cryptic; 9 usually constructed of the s u and integral with the building"ivalls. order to preserve the bodies in the crypts it is desirable that they be air-tight and moisture-proof lmt it is impossible to secure pointing in the structure of the walls shoots of glazed material 10, glass being vcrywell adapted for the purpose, not only because it is impervious but, also, for the reason that cement will adhere thereto very tenaoiously thereby producing a uniforn'l, du rablc and strong structure. The sheets of glazed material may be incorporated with- .urtho body of the walls, or, they may be disposed on one surface thereof and any suitable finish may be applied thereover, if desired. The sheets may be of any pro lierrcd size and configuration and at the juucture of adjacent sheets Iprefcr to make :1 moisture-proof joint by cementing); or otherwise securin I over the joint a strip of glass or other g axed material 11, as shown. Where the sheets of impervious material join at the corners I employ suitable angle pieces 12 of the same material, so that when the construction is completed an absolutely impervious structure is produced. If proffer-red, the joints between adjacent sheets may be closed by asphaltum or other suit able material, but I have found that the best results are obtained by employing strips of glazed material 11 andQlQ of suitable shape and securing, these strips over the joints by Water-proof cement 13 of suitable character.

While I have shown and described, my invention as embodied in a mausoleum, it will be obvious that it may be incorporated in any desired building construction and that the walls of. the construction may be made of any suitable building material with the impervious sheets embedded therein or applied thereto in any preferred summer. I. do not wish, therefore, to be understood us limiting the invention to a building con struction such as that disclosed, but it will bomanifest that the structure is capable oi variation Wlilllll wide lumls without depart ing from the essence of the invention as not forth in the following claim.

I claim: In a moisture-proofconstruction, the combination of & WELH body compusefii of suit able matsrisl sheets glass armngedl with their edges adjacent t0 each other, saic'i sheets being osmentsd the Wall hofiy angle-shaped strips of glass fiisposed DVQE adjacent edges 91% ths glass sheets in tbs camel's of the structure, flat strips of giass disnossi over the adhcsnt %(1I "%S of the lass A J an o masm sheets along the sides of the structure, ancl wster-proef adhesivs material joiningsaid 10 glass strips to the glass sheets to formmoisture-proof joints therebetween.

- WIELIAM R. GLAYTUN. Witnesses:

W. A. MORTON, RAY E. MORTON. 

